the vaccine programme are holding up and mean that the country is in a much better position. a slight subplot if you like is the position labour is in getting itself into a little bit of a tangle as to whether it back to the government�*s move to plan b in england. the shadow health secretary suggesting earlier in an interview on times radio that the party was in favour of plan b, later clarified and it seems that they are not calling for that to happen now. nevertheless, cases clearly are going up but the key figure is hospitalisations and just how much pressure the nhs is under, and just how much pressure it can bear. help me understand _ how much pressure it can bear. help me understand the _ how much pressure it can bear. help me understand the government thinking, because it would have known the criticism was coming this way. it knew covid cases would go up as we headed to the winter, why is it sticking to plan a? it as we headed to the winter, why is it sticking to plan a?— it sticking to plan a? it wants to hold plan b _ it sticking to plan a? it wants to hold plan a in — it sticking to plan a? it wants to hold plan b in reserve - it sticking to plan a? it wants to hold plan b in reserve for- it sticking to plan a? it wants to hold plan b in reserve for as - hold plan b in reserve for as long as possible despite the arguments